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This is a preview of the full content of our Australia’s Best app.

Please consider downloading this app to support small independent publishing and because:

  • All content is designed for mobile devices and works best there.
  • Detailed in-app maps will help you find sites using your device’s GPS.
  • The app works offline (one time upgrade required on Android versions).
  • All advertising (only present on Android versions) can be removed.

The app will also allow you to:

  • Add custom locations to the app map (your hotel…).
  • Create your own list of favourites as you browse.
  • Search the entire contents using a fast and simple text-search tool.
  • Make one-click phone calls (on phones).
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Costs

Australian Coins and Notes Macro

The strength of the AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (AUD$) will make perhaps the biggest difference to foreign visitors. That said, Australia, is by regional and global standards, expensive.

  • At the budget end (staying in hostels, rarely eating out, walking and visiting mostly free sights), you might be able to get away with about $8o to $100 per person/day.

  • A more average budget for most visitors (staying at standard hotels or B&Bs, eating out once a day, going to the full range of sights and taking public transport), would be at least double that, at $160 to $250 per person/day.

  • A daily budget of over $350 per person/day buys a pretty high-end experience, with smart hotels, guided tours and experiences, meals at a full range of restaurants and the use of taxis or Ubers to get around town.

Note that traveling solo will probably raise any of these per-person-costs by at least a third for all except budget travellers.

Tipping

Pointers on how to tip in Australia

Text © Cristian Bonetto

Image by Martin Howard